THEATRE THREE retains no future production rights. THEATRE THREE is responsible for all elements of production playwrights incur no expenses. Playwrights will receive copies of playbills, postcards, articles, and reviews, as well as a link to all publicity and production photos. Playwrights are welcome to attend any rehearsals or performances. Playwrights will receive a standard Dramatists Guild-approved contract and will receive four complimentary tickets to be used at any performances. Peierls Theatre, on THEATRE THREE’s Second Stage. Selected plays will be presented for ten performances (dates to be determined in winter-spring 2025), at the Ronald F. Submissions should be sent to Scripts must be received by September 1, 2024.Play’s cover sheet must include the author’s information (name, address, telephone, email).
All submissions should be emailed as PDFs with the title in caps followed by the playwright’s name.Length maximum: 30 minutes (no minimum).No adaptations, children’s plays, or musicals.Plays that have had staged readings or on-line productions are eligible.Please do not submit works that have been submitted for previous Festivals. Only unproduced works will be accepted.Playwrights may only submit one play per Festival.The Festival presents between five and eight plays each season. Since its inception in 1998, The Festival has received over 12,000 submissions from across the world and produced over 140 world premieres by more than 100 different playwrights. Please e-mail a draft copy of the script, a one paragraph plot description and playwright's contact information to Executive Director Trinity Bird at September 1, 2024 We want playwrights to leave the experience with positive and constructive feedback to improve their plays. After the public readings, playwrights are able to participate in a talkback with the audience. By working with a director and actors, the playwright can learn vital information about their work. The goal of Plays-in-Development is to help playwrights improve plays that have yet to be produced. A royalty is provided to the selected playwrights and The Sauk will provide travel and lodging. Playwrights will be on site the week leading up to the readings. The public staged readings will take place on September 13 and 14, 2024. Playwrights are encouraged to make changes to their scripts throughout the process (often handing in new drafts on a weekly or even daily basis).
It is expected that the selected playwrights will be involved in the process and be in attendance for final rehearsals and the public reading in Jonesville, MI. Auditions will take place in mid-August with two weeks of rehearsals prior to public readings. The director will work with the playwright prior to an audition draft being submitted. A show-specific director will then be assigned. The selected plays will first go through notes with the artistic director. It is understood (and expected) that changes will be made to the script between initial submission and performance. These can be any style (comedy, drama, young audience and/or musical) and any length (one-act or full-length). The Sauk, Hillsdale County's Community Theatre, located in Jonesville, Michigan is seeking entries to consider for our tenth annual Plays-In-Development in 2024.